Ricardo Iznaola-Corinna's Songbook, for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1: When to Her Lute Corinna Sings

Mezzo-soprano Marcia Ragonetti and pianist Heidi Brende Leathwood perform Ricardo Iznaola's Corinna's Songbook, a set of four songs based on English poems, recorded live on May 4, 2009 in Denver. This is the first, on a poem by Thomas Campion (c. 1567 -- 1620) that reads: When to her lute Corinna sings/Her voice revives the leaden strings,/And doth in highest notes appear/As any challenged echo clear./But when she doth of mourning speak,/E'en with her sighs the strings do break.//And as her lute doth live or die,/Let by her passion, so must I./For when of pleasure she doth sing,/My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring;/But if she doth of sorrow speak,/E'en from my heart the strings do break.

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